Rockwell's 9th Birthday

Rockwell turned 9 yesterday!! 

This past year has gone by so fast. I swear he was just turning 8 and getting baptized. But somehow, he's 9 years old now. 

Rockwell is such a reasonable child. His friend Flynn went home sick from school on the day of his birthday party, so we assumed he wouldn't make it to the party. Rockwell asked if he could invite a couple of other friends in his place, but I didn't think that would work on such late notice for a couple of reasons. When I told him no about inviting anyone else, he just said, "That's fine. At least my besties will be there." I have always loved that I can talk logically with Rockwell and he responds just as logically.

Rockwell is a very hard worker. The bigger the project, the more he loves it. He genuinely loves physical labor. He was such a help when we redid our landscape this past summer. When we would call it a night and head inside, he'd tell us how good it felt to work hard all day. I have never had to ask him to do his homework. He comes home, gets all his stuff put neatly away, washes his hands, and starts on his homework and reading. 

Rockwell is a great brother. Tessa and Damon both love him so much and think he is the coolest. He patiently teaches them both how to do things. He will always read books to Damon, which Damon loves. Tessa loves it when he makes up games for them to play together. He likes to check on Damon when he goes into bed, and cover him up if his blankets have come off at all. They have a great big brother to look up to!

Rockwell loves to make up jokes and think of crazy things that could never happen. He has a great laugh, and loves to watch America's Funniest Videos and epic fail videos on you tube. He loves playing soccer and basketball, playing video games, anything Pokemon, and playing with friends.

We are so blessed to have Rockwell in our family! We love him and are so proud of the boy he chooses to be.

Rockwell wanted to have his friend birthday party at Hang Time again this year. Luckily it was a false alarm, and Flynn was able to come to the party after all. He and Wyatt came to our house and we opened presents before going over to Hang Time. 

They both gave him Pokemon, which he was thrilled with!

Traffic was crazy, so Boston met us at Hang Time. They all had a blast jumping and running constantly for an hour and a half.

We had a great day celebrating Rockwell as a family on Saturday.

He got plenty of time to play his new video game, open his presents, play with the new toys, and watch old family movies from when he was much younger. 

He chose Texas Roadhouse for dinner, and didn't mind the long wait to be seated at all. He got to sit right by the bin of peanuts in the waiting room, which is his favorite part about the restaurant.

Some nice person anonymously sent a couple desserts over to our table. Rockwell had his heart set on the brownies and ice cream waiting at home though, so he chose not to eat any at the restaurant. He enjoyed his treat later that night in the comfort of his Pokemon jammies. :)

Happy birthday Rockwell!!